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driveshaft prices...

I hear you, but i am on such a tight budget I need to do as much as possible. The shafts I will be making will be trail spares. I just need them to get me off the trail and home.
DJ
 
weakest link?? youve never seen my drivelines. i made mine out of 1/4" thick box tubing. theres a thread on pirate that explains it. they wont break. but there not the best by any means. but i dont have 1100 dollars to spend on anything, let alone drivelines.
 
You would have to be REALLY bad at welding to make a driveshaft your weak link unless you're building it out of 1" tube ;)

As long as you keep your driveshaft from contacting the rocks, the joints/yokes are the weak point on a driveshaft.

CV parts are expensive, there is no getting around that unless you use junkyard parts (and those are practically non-existant for 1350 and 1410 applications).

I won't buy another shaft, its too easy to buy the parts and make them myself. HAD does make some great products and not everyone wants to fabricate every part on their rig
 
Chaddy said:
Tattons driveline service here in Salt Lake. Curtis Tatton builds all of teraflex's axle shafts and drivelines and is a friend of mine, but I didnt really get a dicount either. He just has good prices, and exact same quality as HAD, tom woods ect.....

edit...this was 2 years ago when steel was a little cheaper but not much[


they are still around, thats where I recently ordered mine from. great quality and their prices are still very reasonable,
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when you make them out of tube how does it turn the inner shaft? do you put i pin connecting then make a slit that lets in go in and out?
 
73redblaze said:
when you make them out of tube how does it turn the inner shaft? do you put i pin connecting then make a slit that lets in go in and out?
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My square front shaft is 2.0" .250" wall square tube inside 2.5" .250" wall square tube.

If you want to make a round shaft, you need to buy all of the parts: two weld yokes (like these), the splined section and the tubing. You can also find a used shaft with the yokes you want and lengthen or shorten it like this.
 
73redblaze said:
oh ok so you are making them out of box tubing also? thats how i do it to.
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I've only made one, and its my front (square). mrk5 made his round rear shaft out of individual parts like I pointed out and it came out well (it was cheap, strong and no vibes).
 
73redblaze said:
oh ok so you are making them out of box tubing also? thats how i do it to.
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no its a stock front shaft from a superduty. gotta deal from muddybuddy, he hooked me up!

its like 42 inches long and about 6 inches of slip. 1350 flat flange type CV.
 
I also build my own shafts. I just find used ones with the correct ends I need. Cut them down, press them together, bolt them in the vehicle and true them with a dial indicator, and weld them up. I've built a few dozen, never had one break, and never had any vibration problems. After I twisted the rear shaft on My 72 Blazer, I made a new one. I always had a bit of a vibration, but just figured its a lifted 4X4 so its some what normal. Boy was I wrong. After putting in the drive shaft I made, I drove smooth like a Cadillac.
 
lets see some picks of your home made drivelines. i want to see how mine compare. :)
 
For those of you that are making squair shafts, how are you getting the round yokes to weld solidly to squair tube? I think I will try this.
DJ
 
yeah, I'm still debating what way to go with my front shaft. Talked to HAD and happen to ask about the 42* CV and I was very surprised at how much it costs:eek1:? They start as $899:eek1: for 1 front shaft! Jesse makes a good product and is very helpful as I'm running one of his rear CVs but I can't spend that much on a front shaft
 
yeah I want to but the problem is....
no welder...:doah:
no skills....:doah:
and no way I'd trust whatever I made:D

BUT...since I have no friends that can teach me the trade either, I signed up for a welding class at my local tech school in the fall. (gotta love free college thanks to the HOPE Grant:D)
 
carpeonnel said:
yeah, I'm still debating what way to go with my front shaft. Talked to HAD and happen to ask about the 42* CV and I was very surprised at how much it costs:eek1:? They start as $899:eek1: for 1 front shaft! Jesse makes a good product and is very helpful as I'm running one of his rear CVs but I can't spend that much on a front shaft
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use D60 stub shafts...it'll give you 42* or close to it.
 
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